Japan is considered a global hot spot of biodiversity. With regard to species diversity, insects
are no exception. To date, more than 32,000 insect species have been identified in Japan …

Dispersal and local adaptation play an important role in driving species distributions under
climate change. Many studies aim to estimate relationships between species occurrences …

Abstract Stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) represent a significant saproxylic
assemblage in forest ecosystems and are noted for their enlarged mandibles and male …

Abstract The Stag beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is a fascinating group, often considered
one of the most primitive within the Scarabaeoidea. They are valuable models for studying …

Intraspecific variation provides insight into heterogeneous demography and adaptive history
across distribution ranges of organisms. Most species distribution models assume that …

Although conspicuous and well-studied, stag beetles have been slow to join the genomic
era. In this study, mitochondrial genomes of two stag beetles, Sinodendron yunnanense and …

Dorcus montivagus is a Japanese endemic stag beetle that feeds exclusively on dead
beech wood, and its distribution is almost completely coincidental with that of beech forests …

To deepen understanding the evolutionary process of lucanid–yeast association, the lateral
transmission process of yeast symbionts among stag beetle genera Platycerus and …

This work demonstrates for the first time using molecular markers alongside chromosomes
and the intermediate phenotype that a specimen of Dorcadion is an accidental first …

Among insect-fungus relationships, xylose-fermenting Scheffersomyces yeasts are well
known for their potential in utilizing wood hemicelluloses and their association with various …